How was your gig last night?

[BrunoBass]

We were back at The Bell in Bicester last night, fourth or fifth time they’ve had us back, always a great gig - nice pub with a good crowd. 

Hot and sweaty last night as I knew it would be, so I left the Fender at home and took my cheapo J&D as I knew it’d get drenched, although within half a song I regretted not doing what I’ve been meaning to do for yonks: sand down the glossy neck. Sticky hands all night. No complaints though, we had a blast and made a few new friends too.

[mcnach]

4 hours ago, Mottlefeeder said:

Our band fund-raises for Cancer Research UK - £429,000 in 8 years and hoping to hit £500K by Christmas.

 

Great work!

Your band must have paid part of my salary at some point.   (no, we haven't got a cure yet... but we keep learning, thank you!)

[Bluewine]

Well, the first set at Pillars was very hot. We started playing at 8:00. The crowd was sparce but by 8:30 the place was packed including the balcony.

Interesting, it was still not our crowd, yeah lots of people having a good time but I don't think they really understand live 70s hard rock or what we do.

Our first set was almost 2 hours long.

The crowd stayed a respectable size, 2nd and 3rd sets we're ok, a C+ if you will.

Overall it's a good venue. We've been playing there for over 4 years. 

Last night we were told the place is being sold. The new owners don't know if they're going to continue having bands.

"Don't Know" sounds like no to me.

Blue

Edited April 22, 2018 by Bluewine

[BreadBin]

That's a shame

[dontregartha]

We played an awards night in the Park hotel in Northampton - there was a pro PA and lighting setup so we just provided our own backline. good onstage monitoring, but listening back to my zoom recording the FOH sound was a bit bizarre. Vocals were great, but the instrumentation was a bit muddy. It didn't help, our dep keys man playing all over my bass parts. I had a massive barney with him in the break - opening number - the chorus he starts hitting octaves with the left hand - a really crap bass line - just the root - it completely overwhelmed my lines and was made even worse by the giant subs out front. I gave him the death stare - I could see his hands on the keyboard - he flatly denied doing it when I spoke to him later. I shall be reviewing whether I'm prepared to gig with him in future.

 

[mcnach]

43 minutes ago, dontregartha said:

We played an awards night in the Park hotel in Northampton - there was a pro PA and lighting setup so we just provided our own backline. good onstage monitoring, but listening back to my zoom recording the FOH sound was a bit bizarre. Vocals were great, but the instrumentation was a bit muddy. It didn't help, our dep keys man playing all over my bass parts. I had a massive barney with him in the break - opening number - the chorus he starts hitting octaves with the left hand - a really crap bass line - just the root - it completely overwhelmed my lines and was made even worse by the giant subs out front. I gave him the death stare - I could see his hands on the keyboard - he flatly denied doing it when I spoke to him later. I shall be reviewing whether I'm prepared to gig with him in future.

 

 

next time accidentally step on his left hand before the gig...

[Les]

Slightly weird, using someone else's gear, stood on the wrong side of the stage. Short 40 minute spot then the rest of the nigh having a few pints and watching the other 2 excellent bands and £3020 raised for the Alzheimer's society. All in all a winner of a gig.

[T-Bay]

7 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

next time accidentally step on his left hand before the gig...

Or during........

[mcnach]

1 hour ago, T-Bay said:

Or during........

 

That's more satisfying, but it requires more skill to make it look accidental in front of many witnesses. Still... worth trying if you couldn't get at him earlier!

[cheddatom]

My 2nd gig playing drums with a backing track. A lot fewer technical issues this time!! I think I need to sort out some sort of ambient mic to get a better sound in my ears but it was really good, loads of fun

[Guest adi77]

last gig, some f ups here and there but was fun

 

Edited June 10, 2018 by adi77

[mcnach]

On 4/24/2018 at 13:37, adi77 said:

last gig, some f ups here and there but was fun

 

 

 

Really nice!

[BrunoBass]

On 22/04/2018 at 18:46, Bluewine said:

Well, the first set at Pillars was very hot. We started playing at 8:00. The crowd was sparce but by 8:30 the place was packed including the balcony.

Interesting, it was still not our crowd, yeah lots of people having a good time but I don't think they really understand live 70s hard rock or what we do.

Our first set was almost 2 hours long.

The crowd stayed a respectable size, 2nd and 3rd sets we're ok, a C+ if you will.

Overall it's a good venue. We've been playing there for over 4 years. 

Last night we were told the place is being sold. The new owners don't know if they're going to continue having bands.

"Don't Know" sounds like no to me.

Blue

Liking that Hofner Club!

[Guest adi77]

11 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

Really nice!

Thanks mcnach

[Bluewine]

16 hours ago, BrunoBass said:

Liking that Hofner Club!

Thanks,

I've been playing all my hollows lately for some reason.

Gibson Custom Shop ES-335 in vintage faded cherry.

Blue

[casapete]

Loving the 335 bass Blue, don't see many of those around.  Is it full 34" scale?

[Bluewine]

4 hours ago, casapete said:

Loving the 335 bass Blue, don't see many of those around.  Is it full 34" scale?

It's a  2012 , full scale. Really fun to play, very thin neck.

Blue

[Bluewine]

On 4/24/2018 at 07:37, adi77 said:

last gig, some f ups here and there but was fun

 

 

Very cool, nice job!

Blue

[Guest adi77]

2 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Very cool, nice job!

Blue

Thanks Blue

[Bluewine]

On 4/26/2018 at 16:14, adi77 said:

Thanks Blue

I've watched your clip about a dozen times. Very clever and you guys sound great.

Blue

Edited April 28, 2018 by Bluewine

[Guest adi77]

14 hours ago, Bluewine said:

I've watched your clip about a dozen times. Very clever and you guys sound great.

Vlue

Way cool  i was a bit scared, the sync between the delay and tremolo bit and changing those chords for that soft solo

thanks again blue

[Dad3353]

39 minutes ago, adi77 said:

Way cool...

+1. He's right, you know. Good Stuff; well done. Thanks for sharing.

[Iacopo San]

Played the first gig with my new band tonight,my first gig in 10 years!

We only played for 20 minutes opening a charity boxe event, in front of about 200 people. During our second song my bass strap fell off and somehow I managed not to let the bass fall. Apart for that and too many mistakes, I guess it went well.

Looking forward to the next.

[Guest adi77]

10 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

+1. He's right, you know. Good Stuff; well done. Thanks for sharing.

Anytime dad3353

[skidder652003]

9 hours ago, Iacopo San said:

Played the first gig with my new band tonight,my first gig in 10 years!

We only played for 20 minutes opening a charity boxe event, in front of about 200 people. During our second song my bass strap fell off and somehow I managed not to let the bass fall. Apart for that and too many mistakes, I guess it went well.

Looking forward to the next.

straplocks????